The Photon operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification and deletion.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-256523 | SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098 | PHTN-30-000048 | SV-256523r991558_rule | 2024-12-16 | 1 |
| Description |
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| Protecting audit information includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operations on audit information. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099 |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| At the command line, run the following command: # stat -c "%n is owned by %U and group owned by %G and permissions are %a" /usr/sbin/auditctl /usr/sbin/auditd /usr/sbin/aureport /usr/sbin/ausearch /usr/sbin/autrace If any file is not owned by root or group-owned by root or permissions are more permissive than "750", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| At the command line, run the following command for each file returned for user and group ownership: # chown root:root <file> At the command line, run the following command for each file returned for file permissions: # chmod 750 <file> |